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#ABC0EE

#abc0ee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#abc0ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 75.29% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.15% cyan, 19.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 221.19°, with 66.34% saturation and 80.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.45.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5253

Complementary

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #eed9ab

Split complementary

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #eeb8ab
  3. #e2eeab

Analogous

  1. #abe2ee
  2. #abc0ee
  3. #b8abee

Triadic

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #eeabc0
  3. #c0eeab

Tetradic

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #d9abee
  3. #eed9ab
  4. #c0eeab

Square

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #eeabe2
  3. #eed9ab
  4. #abeeb8

Monochromatic

  1. #2c61d4
  2. #6b90e1
  3. #abc0ee
  4. #ebf0fb
  5. #eef2fc

Shades

#abc0ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #9aadd6
  3. #899abe
  4. #7886a7
  5. #67738f
  6. #566077
  7. #444d5f
  8. #333a47
  9. #222630
  10. #111318
  11. #000000

Tints

#abc0ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #b3c6f0
  3. #bccdf1
  4. #c4d3f3
  5. #cdd9f5
  6. #d5e0f7
  7. #dde6f8
  8. #e6ecfa
  9. #eef2fc
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abc0ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abc0ee
  2. #a7bae3
  3. #a2b3d8
  4. #9eadcd
  5. #9aa6c2
  6. #96a0b7
  7. #919aac
  8. #8d93a1
  9. #898d96
  10. #84868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8c0d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c3f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abbded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99c9cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afc2ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abbeed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0c6dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abc0ee {
  color: #abc0ee;
}
Background
.bg-abc0ee {
  background-color: #abc0ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abc0ee {
  border: 2px solid #abc0ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abc0ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 192 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 66% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abc0ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc0ee, #b8abee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abc0ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 192 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.45 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.30 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.54 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.97 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.98 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.02 #543f11 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abc0ee  rgb(171, 192, 238)  hsl(221, 66%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#eed9ab  rgb(238, 217, 171)  hsl(41, 66%, 80%)  Wheat
#eeabc0  rgb(238, 171, 192)  hsl(341, 66%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c0eeab  rgb(192, 238, 171)  hsl(101, 66%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple